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Chasing the Moon - Season 1 Episode 1 Episodi 1
On 4 October 1957, Soviet scientists launched Sputnik 1 - a beach ball-sized, radio-transmitting aluminium alloy sphere - into orbit. The satellite caused a sensation. Amid Cold War tensions, the Soviet Union’s accomplishment signalled a dramatic technological advantage and American felt it had little choice but to join the Space Race.
- Curs: 2019
- País: United States of America
- Gènere: Documentary
- Estudi: PBS
- Paraula clau: moon, soviet union, u.s. air force, john f. kennedy, interview, moon landing, space, astronaut, archive footage, space race, found footage, space exploration, usa history, timeline, 1960s, old footage, american experience, apollo program, lunar mission, expert opinion, apollo, history of mankind, buzz aldrin, historcial, history and legacy, documentary, human history, american history, testimony, explorator pioneer, historical documentary
- Director: Robert Stone
- Repartiment: Sergei Khrushchev, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Frank Borman, Yuri Gagarin